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NTSE Question Bank

HEAT
1. A bucket contains 8 kg of water at 25℃ and 2 kg of water at 80℃ is poured into it. Neglecting the
heat absorbed by the bucket, calculate the final temperature of water?
(A) 36° C (B) 40° C
(C) 38° C (D) 56° C
2. Calculate the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 100g of copper from 20℃ to 70℃.
The specific heat capacity of copper is 390 kg℃
(A) 1860 J (B) 1256 J
(C) 1950 J (D) 0 J
3. 45 g water, at 50℃ in a beaker is cooled when 50g of copper at 18℃ is added to it. The content are
stirred till a final temperature is reached. Calculate the final temperature thus obtained. The specific
heat capacity the copper is 0.39 J/g℃ and that water is 0.42 J/g℃. state the assumption used in your
calculation?
(A) 45° C (B) 47° C
(C) 30° C (D) 90° C
4. How much heat energy is required to prapare a water bath of 20 kg. when the cold water at 10℃ is
heated to 40℃? Specific heat capacity of water is 4200 J/kg℃
(A) 2580 KJ (B) 3000 KJ
(C) 2520 KJ (D) 4500 KJ
5. 50g of oil of specific heat capacity 2.2 jg-10 C-1 is cooled from 350℃ to 25℃. Calculate the heat
energy given out by the oil.
(A) 39,004 J (B) 35,750 J
(C) 36000 J (D) 38000 J
6. The SI unit of temperature is
(A) K (B) °C
(C) °F (D) T
7. The temperature of 25°C is ________ in kelvins.
(A) 103 (B) 138
(C) 166 (D) 298
8. The freezing point of water at 1 atm pressure is ________ .
(A) 0°F (B) 0 K
(C) 0°C (D) – 273°C
9. A temperature of 400. K is the same as __________ °F.
(A) 260 (B) 286
(C) 88 (D) 103
10. A temperature of __________ K is the same as 63°F.
(A) 17 (B) 276
(C) 290 (D) 29

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11. Expansion during heating

(A) Occurs only in solids
(B) Increases the weight of a material
(C) Decreases the density of a material
(D) Occurs at the same rate for all liquids and solids.
12. Water has maximum density at
(A) 0C (B) 32C (C) –4C (D) 4C
13. The coefficient of superficial expansion of a solid is 210-5/C. Its coefficient of linear expansion is
(A) 410-5/C (B) 310–5/C (C) 110-5/C (D) 110-5/C
N.T.S.E (2003)
14. When vapour condenses into liquid
(A) It absorbs heat (B) It liberates heat
(C) Its temperature increases (D) Its temperature decreases
15. At NTP water boils at 100C. Deep down the mine. Water will boil at a temperature
(A) 100C (B) > 100C (C) < 100C (D) will not boil at all
16. If specific heat of a substance is infinite, it means
(A) Heat is given out
(B) Heat is taken in
(C) No change in temperature takes place whether heat is taken in or given out
(D) all of the above
17. A gas in an airtight container is heated from 25C to 90C. The density of the gas will
(A) increase slightly (B) increase considerably (C) Remain the same (D)
decrease slightly
18. The latent heat of vaporization of a substance is always
(A) Greater than its latent heat of fusion (B) Greater than its latent heat of sublimation
(C) equal to its latent heat of sublimation (D) less than its latent heat of fusion
19. 540 g of ice at 0C is mixed with 540 kg of water at 80C. The final temperature of the mixture is
(A) 0C (B) 40C J.S.T.E (2004)
(C) 80C (D) Less than 0C
20. Water is used to cool radiators of engines, because
(A) Of its lower density (B) It is easily available
(C) It is cheap (D) It has high specific heat
21. How much heat energy is gained when 5 kg of water at 20C is brought to its boiling point
(Specific heat of water = 4.2 kJ kg-1c-1)
(A) 1680 kJ (B) 1700 kJ (C) 1720 kJ (D) 1740 kJ
22. Melting point of ice
(A) Increases with increasing pressure (B) Decreases with increasing pressure
(C) Is independent of pressure (D) Is proportional to pressure
23. Heat required to convert on e gram of ice at 0C into steam at 100C is (given Lsteam=536 cal/gm)
(A) 100 colorie (B) 0.01 kilocalorie (C) 716 colorie (D) 1 kilocalorie
24. 80 gm of water at 30C are poured on a large block of ice at 0C. The mass of ice that melts is
(A) 30 gm (B) 80 gm (C) 160 gm (D) 150 gm
25. The saturation vapour pressure of water at 100C is
(A) 739 mm of mercury (B) 750 mm of mercury
(C) 760 mm of mercury (D) 712 mm of mercury

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26. Work done in converting one gram of ice at –10C into steam at 100C is
(A) 3045 J (B) 6056 J (C) 721 J (D) 616 J
27. If mass energy equivalence is taken into account, when water is cooled to form ice, the mass of
water should
(A) increase (B) remain unchanged
(C) decrease (D) first increase then decrease
28. Compared to a burn due to water at 100C, a burn due to steam at 100C is
(A) More dangerous (B) less dangerous
(C) equally dangerous (D) first increase then decrease
29. Two liquids A and B are at 32C and 24C. When mixed in equal masses the temperature of the
mixture is found to be 28C. Their specific heats are in the ratio f
(A) 3 : 2 (B) 2 : 3 (C) 1 : 1 (D) 4 : 3
30. Amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a body through 1 K is called its
(A) Water equivalent (B) thermal capacity (C) Entropy (D) Specific heat
31. At atmospheric pressure, the water boils at 100C. If pressure is reduced, it will boil at
(A) Higher temperature (B) Lower temperature
(C) At the same temperature (D) At critical temperature
32. The thermal capacity of 40 gm of aluminimum (specific heat = 0.2 cal/gm/C)
(A) 40 cal/C (B) 160 cal/C (C) 200 cal/C (D) 8 cal/C
33. If temperature scale is changed from C t F, the numerical value of specific heat will
(A) increases (B) Decreased (C) remains unchanged (D) none of these
34. By exerting a certain amount of pressure on an ice block, you
(A) Lower its melting point (B) Make it melt at 0C only
(C) Make it melt at a faster rate (D) Raise its melting point
35. A body of mass 5 kg falls from a height of 30 meter. If its all mechanical energy is changed into
heat, then heat produced will be
N.T.S.E (2006)
(A) 350 cal (B) 150 cal (C) 60 cal (D) 6 cal
36. In supplying 400 calories of that to a system, the work done will be
(A) 400 joules (B) 1672 joules (C) 1672 watts (D) 1672 ergs
37. 0.93 watt-hour of energy is supplied to a block of ice weighting 10 gm. Its is found that
(A) half of the block melts
(B) The entire block melts and the water attains a temperature of 4C
(C) the entire block just melts
(D) the block remains unchanged
38. The SI unit of mechanical equivalent of heat is
(A) Joule  Calorie (B) Joule / Calorie (C) Calorie  Erg (D) Erg / Calorie
39. The mechanical equivalent of heat J is
(A) A constant (B) A physical quantity (C) A conversion factor (D) none of these
40. At 100C, the substance that causes the most server burn, is
(A) Oil (B) Steam (C) Water (D) Hot air
41. Calorimeters are made of which of the following
(A) Glass (B) Metal (C) Wood (D) Either (A) or (C)

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42. Triple point of water is

(A) 273.16F (B) 273.16 K (C) 273.16C (D) 273.16 R
43. A liquid boils when its vapour pressure equals
(A) the atmospheric pressure (B) pressure of 76.0 cm
column of mercury
(C) the critical pressure (D) the dew point of the
surroundings
44. The amount of work, which can be obtained by supplying 200 cal of heat, is
(A) 840 dyne (B) 840 W (C) 840 erg (D) 840 J
45. 1 g of a steam at 100C melt how much ice at 0C ? (Latent heat of ice = 80 cal/gm and latent heat
of steam = 540 cal/gm)
(A) 1 gm (B) 2 gm (C) 4 gm (D) 8 gm
46. 5g of ice at 0C dropped in a beaker containing 20g of water at 40C. The final temperature will be
(A) 32C (B) 16C (C) 8C (D) 24C
47. Which of the following is the unit of specific heat
(A) J kgC-1 (B) J / kgC (C) kgC / J (D) J / kgC-2
48. 50 gm of ice at 0C is mixed with 50 gm of water at 80C. Final temperature of mixture will be
(A) 0C (B) 40C (C) 40C (D) 4C
49. The freezing point of the liquid decreases when pressure is increased, if the liquid
(A) Expands while freezing (B) contracts while freezing
(C) does not change in volume while freezing (D) none of these
50. Latent heat of 1 gm of steam is 536 cal/gm, then its value in joule/kg is
(A) 2.25  106 (B) 2.25  103 (C) 2.25 (D) none of these
51. Which of the following has maximum specific heat
(A) Water (B) Alcohol (C) Glycerine (D) Oil

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